The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-30 00:00:00

an 1 B Aldoes, having unddr her prole:lion the vessels mentioned in . the ji,t of arrivals frOm Lou.. The Fleet tor tile West Indies, numbering 138 Sail, left PortsmOuth on the isth -, Detember, under, convoy of La GIO ire - Frigate, of 36 guns, Capt. CARTHEW Li/y.Sloop of War, of is guns, Capt. SHERIFF; &feline Brig, of tfl guns, Capt. Eva iss ; Subtle Schooner, of th'gons, Li.eut. Bit oi.vN, and another Brig of. War, - together with the .4(1(1 7 ' 94ant,of 50 .gukis. ' • "•A few days after sailing t lietexperieneed a very severe gale cif wind, when the didaniarit and Subtle 14rtecl, as altr.) several of the IVlerchantmen ; most ztf the latter, however, joined shortly afterwards, nad'kevionslY to' the: arrival . of the. Fleet at Bar bldoes, the SaGgiebkewise joined, having in corn- Pally a very. fine French Letter of Marque Bi ig, Which she captured9o leagues to the S.W. of Ma ,deira the M A . \vas pierced for 18 guns, but had only tour .moutited, was bound from Bourdeaux to I\lariiinque, and reported to •be laden 'with flour, but on iii,pedion several of the barrels were toimd to contain dollars, destined tor the pay of the forces 'at Martinique. • On the t Bth, the Fleet arrived at Carlisle Bay, the Surinam Vessels having separated a few 'atiyibe fore thitliir protediun of a Brig of War's on the 20th," this Lily and Sta r/life p*oceected With the' t'es sent for this and :the othe'r Islands; on the Elst;they saw the vessels for St. Vincent's sate into port; on 'eve cud, those for Grenada ;atia on the one. Snip tor Ouratioa. 'The - Satellite parted ,on. Sunday morning with the Vessels - for. t 1 oat-ports on the • North-sitte." " • ••• •• Last night a Mail - •from - Heligoland arrived, it cles not, afi we. expeaed, announce' the aOttlal ccitn7 zunriceinent of bostilities bet‘Veen France and A 113.. trii, butt it does not appear thatanyiropei are ehter : tained that the war will be aVoid&l. •Boottststrrit is rvidly withdrawing his Troops train the' North of , Ettrope, for the purpose of. employing them •against. Austria. Even Swedish Pomerania has beet) evact);- ated by the French,.. and the Duke .11 , 1kot CEN .131.1 RG has beeri collered tir•oceopy it ivith, Ms forcc-s until it shall suit .the convetiiettee of nuoNAtvinTe. that his own troops.sitall'returti to re-occupy it.' All the'French and J)utch Troops in . Haniburgh were tilder °niers to March for Upper Germany. There was a report yesterday, that a consi4lerable Trench fQrce had advancdd towards Cadiz; and that in consequence, the French mid Spinthh , Ships had • been sent into the outward Road, and ., placed, under the proteEtion of the British Fleet.- re c pat,Probahly arose- frotn• tire removal of ithe Vr.enchand Spanish Sqnattront, as a' tneasur • of precaution, iu case of necessity, that they might Henceforward by disposed of by 'the.Spanish Go.' Vernment ? 'in concert with the Iliitish.Admiral. . . . , . . . .. It has lawn asserted, .ita the most positive .Ittan ter, by some' of our C ontecn p orar i es, . t h at the mit . . - , • , slot; of the Russian Messenger, who arrived .in 'the . 111* og 6 i 4 ritice. a few days ago, relates merely to .the ,- ,'lt ussian:Fleets.vhich was. in the T.46tis at the time of the Convention of Clint,. , , We 'do not profess to be . . in postessiun of that degree at information which would justify us in speaking positively upon the Nub . je6.l, but it certainly appears to us' higiply. probable that this_mission ally relate to some other object be= side the one alluded to. Col. CONGREVE Sailed yesterday for Rochefort, in the &Ina Bomb, with sonic Nlatines on board, and a quantity of Ins new rockets. • Yest er d ay , about twelve o'clock,- his MAJRSTY rriyk.l at the Gliteett,'s Palace s from Windsor, ,where lte was Keceived by the Dukes of - lrom and KIINT. --At two o'clock his MAJESTY held a ,Private Levee, /which was sitendqd by The Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Master General ut thaw Orridatule, the First Lord of 4 14 Ad. init,glt3:•tilc three SeA:lo4r.l4 of State, the Chancellor of the _Exchequer, the commander in (Noir, the judge Advocate, the Lord Steward of the Hotisehold, the Duke of Montrose; Lords,Cardhcr, Arden (in waiting); lleathtieldlgold 4tick); Sir C, ()shorn (groom An waiting); and Sir D. Baird.—Cip. tai is Moarsoin and Gordon, r • • The following had the honour of being presented to his Majesty : Lord. Gardner, upon succeeding to his title; Capt. Moor. 41 11, upin his appointment to the Board of Admiralty. Lieuttznant•General Si r D a vid B a i r d, u p on hi s return from Spain. L I.? lion. C a p ta i n G or d on , Aid e .d e .C emp to Si r D av id * upon his return from Spain. p NIAsEsTy gave , audiences td the Duke of wITLAI•to and the other Cabinet Ministers present, Sir u. r. -LititipAs, and Mr. RYDER,' who laid before $ 11 .../LJESTY the 4* prot.ee • &tip of several Courts Mar tial. About seven o'clock his IVI4JIsTY set off on his retur n to Wtadsor. Sir JAltss SiiitatAltai, it is stated, has been sent i I to Sheerness and Chatham, to superintend the equip. 1 fe nt of to Sail of tho Line and 1, Frigates, for the lt ° nil. These Ships are to have on board several 1 uPernunserary Captains and Lteutenants, who are t, to b, employed on special occasions. 1 . Admiral 'KBATs, we understand, will receive mr . cruttions to wirn oil all British Ships from entering Sw h i ' '— , fill palls. -"' , t Xtkletchly a Court of Direetors, was held at the V IA todi a •H ouse , w h en Captains Glib.% Ntc nol.soti, k klre Lady Lushington, and Wat.CROWDEis of the `frritt , ftr .. Pit,'were sworn into the comm.,,tgrof the...r . . : s PC 7 IIIe Ship . , . 1 NAVAL NEW S. PLYMOUTII, MAncil 28.—Arrived the' French prig Caroline, pierced for 16 guns, but . (inly:funr, mounted, and manned with 30 men, from Bayonne, laden with wine, brandy, and flour, laniand'tO Gatti dalOupe, captured on. the 23d inst. by the Amethyst Frigate, Capt. SEYMOUR ; the French Ship Le Ser.' pent, Louis DUiIEYRAT Commander, armed with six guns, and manned with 42 men; from Bayonne, Wen with win; flour, &c. bound to Guadaloupe, capuireil by the 4methyst Frigate, Capt.SBYMOUR . : this vessel was formerly the Earl Spencer. Etcher, belonging ,to Falmouth ; the French .Schcioner E.eiventure, of and from Bourdeaux, armed with two guns, and manned with 10 men, Wean with wine, flour, and cordage, bound to Guadaloupe, : captured by the Emerald Fligate, Capt: MAITLAND,, Sailed the Scorpion Stoop of War,. Capt. STAN., FELL, on .a cruize. The Cassock Sloop of War has captured to the. Westward a valuable French East ludiaman, burthen 1 about 500 tons, from the Isle of France, bound to ,1 L'Orient, laden with silk, nankeens, ke. Sailed the Carnet Sloop of Wit to the Westward. Arrived the Bonne Citoyenne from the coast-of Portugal. • Came down the harbour and anchored in the Sound the 4-Mack Gun•brit;. ,YI,4MOVV.I, MARCH 29.—Sailed the Bellerophon, Calypso, and Earnest Gun-bt Arrived a large Danish Ship, prize to the Tartar Fiigate, laden with oil, : and the,Chan tide& and Kangaroo Sloops. Keinain in the Read —Roebuck, Aboukir, Priuccss Caro_ line, K,togatho, Richmond, Snipe, Chanticleer, and Saalark Schooner. . Lord Duncan Pitoket C 44. 1 - IA . 1111.7 . o:4, put in leaky. Passed several Lin,,-of-battle Sbip3 this morning for the Baltic. DEAL, MARSH 2g.--Sailed the of Ely for India. . SAVERDaSS 4 MARCH 4.—The Aymp,Pien was raid bounty and advance, and sailed to Leith. Sailed I-jis.Majesty's Ship 'Vetn'grrard.' The &ryalas's Ship's Company are drafted into into the Leyden, for thEt pur,puse of manning . the Gun-boats in the Baltic. - • Sailed his . ,Nfajsty's 'Ship Drake, t., Yamiouth and lade and,rungua . ra to YilT 010t11 h. ' Arrived Hii Majesty's Ship Reindeer, from Deal. ,PORTSMOVTR, MARCH 29.—Arrived the. follow ing Ships' Downs :—The Scipio, —, for Madeira; Hero, SreettisNlSON,itbr Qqebec ; fOr Newfotlndland Tririvirate, Gantt; for New Brunswick ; al,o about 14' Sail tiin wgrd-botind ; Providence, ; Friends, ; .111elward,---; anJ Li b erty, frOtn , London ; and the Perseverance. troin Deptford. • CORK . MAncrt 24.—Wednesday ail. Transports arrived at Cove, which sailed from Lisbon on the '2.d ult. under convoy of the IVyttpite Frigate, CAI,- tain PERCY, forming a • part of near fifty nail of Transport 'and Merchant Vessels. They 'are under , Stood to bring some of the 0634 baggage which had belonged to Sir JOHN :noon's army, as'also some convalescent Soldiers. There are Some sick men -nn .board one of the Ships, which has caused the Vessel to bi - placed . under quarantine.. About A, thousand men, composed of detachMents belonging' fOrSir Jowl Mootte's army, arrived at . Liibtin before t be convoy sailed, under the command of .Lient.-Co lonels'euisow and BAN/Duni. • „ There - were ht ,Belkm Castle; besides tritisede taehments mentioned, also a detachment . of artillery, the' 14th Light Dragoons, a waggon train, and COnt missariar. At Lisbon ) there were the 34, 45th, and §7tb . 'Regiments, and four-battalions of the King's Gordian Legion.—The cannon have been removed from all the forts... The Royal Sovereign armed transport, arrived at Portsmouth from Gibraltar, has brought- letters froM that plaice of the 15th instant. The last fleet which sailed tram Portsmouth for the 'Mediterranean. ar• rived there in eleven days, It passed' Fattilouth on the act instant_ EXTRACT OF A LETTER, DATED LEGUoIU, esTa • _ FEBRUARY, 1809. The French Governthent in this country, Tus cany, and all adjacent territories, have manifested the most inveterate determination to check, in a very rigorous manner,. all trade with .England. Se veral prohibitory 'laws have been promulgated in the course of the preeeding,.montb. One in particular,: under the most severe restrittions and penalties, .puts an end :tb . the further exportation of raw materials, and also of huen rags and' undressed 'Skins in the hair. • The Unity, Mary, Mars, Narwall,• and IPung lYlliain transports, froin , Lishoo, arrivOa at Cork on the 23d instant. They sailM front LisbOr(Onder'tho convoy of the Nymph frigate, and about of transvati, and parted from thCITt OW the itld in alit. The tranworts have on board a great'quan-, tity of baggage belonging to 'the . regithents 'that marched with Sir ToitN Mootts frt;tn Portugal into ,Spani, and all the siCk`troops Were in Lisbon. Majagi's SIii . WLIZII7I:4 11 1 .ci..ri by frigake cytmarnire, and tar rieAtill t ►elsleof 'Fr.tticc. It is st'ateit thit the killed and the'ecriziidniire anloUnted t ,. ) I 60 4 ; t!;,..! Lwur4 - 5 4;117 ed and I'4 wounded. 'the cwiloniere 111(1 44 -pound‘l3, the 'Laurel . 22 0-b.),:ol.llcler3:s vita ilLt3 to tally diinutstCd I;.fore ahC . „ • WE,,TI'4II..YSTER MEETING:. ,Mr. WHITIMAD, that Genticfnan addle3sed. birri- • .self to the Assembly. , 1--Tu felt proud - of," the I, ooo e r theyhad conferred upon Itirn:,.thoegh ;,is,opittiou `and vote in,lhe House of Commons had ben dic tated by a conscientious and not with a view to Such approbation. He-expressed his utmost approbation of the plan of Parliamentary Refortn.— For the tg years he had been, inTarliament, parti cularly the early part of that, period., be had been warm adyocate fur it. Parliatnentary Ileferm, the grand means of'hationar greatness, was altogether in the hands of the people, and if they ,called for it• with the saute unanimity, they' had expressed their sentiments on the present occasion, they would have it without resistance—they might liaVa ft to-morrow. But the people suffered thetn,eives to be deceived, and did not pursue their plats with con ti:ocy. Hy next made softie remarka on what bad fallen froux Sir Francis Burdett, and differed from hitn, in his attack upon men of landed preperty, whose molt pleasant, as Well as most uaetol ainteiettenthe con sidered agricultural pursuits to be. He summed Up what he had said, and congratulated the people on the result of Mr. Wardle'seharges, whith he consi : - . dered as praaically producing the-wistred-for result in' the removal of the Corntrtand6r in Vitiaf, to the satisfaCtion of the . nation ; and conclueed try e:;!)i-esi sing his hopes, that future efforts for the good of the nation, would be the happy cotasequtnce of what had taken place. The. Thanks' of the Meeting were then ve!ed to the High Baititi7end the Meeting disper,cd ateut a quarter past three o'clock. , . . .A . meeting took place yesterday in Westmin;ter 11--il, in couseqtaencepf the requisition to the High I:.ii!4r, - zeta consequent calling of a meeting of the iiiii•.bi i ants of Woe oil timer: M . r. STURC:I-1 first addressed the•AssemblY. He stated the importance of the . subjetit upon , which they. Were now called to declare their opinions, and deicanted at some length upon the evil consequences to be dreaded were 'corrupt pra&ices tolerated in any departnient of the 'State yparticelarry in the army, they would be etterided- with ruin. If corrupt in fluenCe preVailed overlong services, our army would lose its spitit, antftheir defenders being thus depress ed, the coutitiir would perish. He then compli mented Mr. Wardle in the highest terms, for bill ing, by his patriotism - , perseverance, Candour, and ability, brought these praelices to light. The few patriotic Members who ' assisted him were also in titled to iiti4tiehfiedcothinendation. They hathitain tained the universal Opinion of the country, though they were aminority in the House of: Commons; and if the opinion of the HOUSiitt . general did not correspond' with the serititnents of the nation, it was no 'difficult matter to discover the reason ,of this dissimilitude. • He called upon the Meeting to look at the natnes of the MitiOrity 'on Mr. Wardle's Mo tion ; there they would find the independent Ceim ery • - Gentlemen. On the other side, , Ministers, Placemen, and their dependants.. He next enlo gised the speech delivered by . Sir. Fraocis Burdett -is% the House of Corninons, and maintained, that Ife all the Members of that House obtained their seats in the same manner, by poptilae suffrtn they would have been unanimous on the oceasien. He then concluded by moving'it string of resolutions to the following eff,,cl : The'est Resolutifin went to clecla're 'the opinicin of the Inhabitants of West itiinAer, that they, fromtheir local information, hal 1-24.14 been 'aware of the, exist ence o; sCandalons and corrupt PraeliteS in Various departments 01 the State, made Manifest by thelate inveiitigdtion.. The (.44 was a vote of thanks to Mr. Wardle, for his iotrepidity,antrintegrity iii' itistituts ing the Itiquiry.= , --Tlit'eil, a Similar vote to. Sir F. litirdett,, for the - Supptair he Iced :given him.---The 4th, thanks to Lord Elolitstone; - tor, his support: -- 'I leeStb, a vote of. thanks \ to •Mr. Whitbread, Sir S. Homily, Gaiter/11 Fergesosi,end . ntliers„who spoke in support Of Mr, Wardle's 72tletion, and the mino rity of I'leS, alio voted inr it ; also the minority of 137, who divided iii - "favour Of Sir T. I:urion'a attiendrnetitehe 6th - .was expressive 'of thanks to the minority. on Mr. Bankes'astnotion,i and the mi nority who opposed the .Motion .of' I he Chancellor ofi- the gulle q uer: ; and taielaratory of- the opiniOn of tleg Meeting, that after the concurring' testimony of: so.. itianr: independent ~Reprosentatives of ' the Powle,whoever should at any (woe tinie advise his. Majeaty to reinstawihe 1):*eof York as Comnian der in-Chief, would, by such' advice, proveitiinselt an enemy to the Country. • The 7th ilesolation declared' their opinion that the past Inquiry ought tolead to . the investigation of all the oilier abuses existing in the State;: and recontirtended tc.i every City, Borough - , .8. - :c . . MI the Eit)Pire, to foliciW the example .of the City of Westnimster in the use of their ele&ive franchise. Mr.:•WISHART sectincied these Resolutions. They were tlie•fruits - or that privilege the, people of this , country enjoyed - . -over, every other people, and must have weight, not only irr the present instar.ce, but in „ all others; With those to' .t hose care the etiretieti of the affairs - of State were entrusted. ft e ItS . in this ehe-thhabitatita tof a free . country posseSsed' the ad vantage-aor'the 'subjetts ,of a despot it: CeOvernioent. Here the .Go.',at ors were approached' o.ithout inter ruption, and advised of the opinion s of their people; while in 'desetnic' GOvettlinetioll4ol - c.: WAS only (me step between the' Thienie.and min, as had ,been. amply pro'Vedy the fate of Many a l'itieurch in .Encope ..duringshe last =fifty' yeers. • )+itten , this set,: Sea Mr: Wishart turned to the manner et treating Addreisses .,- -or Petitions ftorn thepeople;'abd consi dered. those as thegreatCst enemies team Sovereign who • would advise hint to receive them ta ith con tempt. He then entered into a disetaisal of the charges brought against the Duke of York, and as serted, that if any twelve of ttieenajerity who voted for hint as Members of the House of Commons had . AlecAxcnaLy Occv aa ENCL—.A ;most dreadful been called upon to deliver their opinions in another, transaCtiory hailhavelved the family of Sir Stewkley I charatier, that of 'Jurymen; it would-have been,dif- -Shuckhitrgh, Bait. of tjpper Shuckhurgh; in thp ferent from their Parliamentary decision: The ne• county of . Warwick, and the' family of lieutenant ceasity of Parliamentary refoot, he ties' contended, Sharpe, of the Bedford Militia, in the. deepest des- was proved by the.. acquittal arms Royal Highness, tress Lieut. Sharpe having paid his addresses to MiNs as many of those Who voted for him must Helve said, Shuckburgh, which were disapproved by theliteill . y .. "My placer, and not, my will, consents." , formed (it he, should be . disappointed in obtaining The High Bailiff then put the RestilationS, seria- the object of hii aireaions) the horrid deferinina tire. The Ist, 2d, and ad were agreed to netnino 'tion got putting a period to his cmytt,'and her exist (appararetitly) cantradicente. ' , • : ' env,. which he carried into effeal on Sunday mos n- Upon the 3d Resolution being carried, ing 'last; in. the plantatiOns of Shockbuigh pail:. Sir.F. Bunbarr addressed the Meeting, to thank They were overheard in 'eariitit discourse byithe them, for the honour they had,eione lino. The lte- butler, as if Liedteriant Sharpe was isersuadinee. her solutions were so appropriate end stecord,int with the to elope wittiThim ; littid-as Miss Shilekhurgli • •,. ;.. sense of the country at large, that they 114 his ed the words,-,l\o, 'no! !he ittrtechalely hen: w armest support. He then entered into a panegyric teport of n pist . 4 . sl; which, in it few Second's, ti al.-. s up9n Mr, Waittle, attd denied that . any impiopir .ceetted •by iinother, rend thq•kvert-i Instantly lir , • m otive could , possibly be imputed to him. The corprtes !-- , !-,,fter it eisOst- delibe::::11 - ve'irty;:.,,t.,. :, Gentleman who preceded Mtn, had pOintlid opt the of nil -tire circumstenCtra it'd , : most tt1f...,4i!,! ,);: deltas of. their .representation more then ; volumes a whit event, before Jai e" - Tolf es,' I' .e . • ;:;: : '.; could have done. Various COMMiSSIMIS ate! in si,',,e.dable ; Jury, atcl the nevi ',..:- VAte.:‘: t' .• - - . ,i,. quiries had from time to time been insttithed uppn gktrale. of the' Comity, a -.'.: :er te L, ; ,.. •. ~, the corruptions of Government,, but they had bripo given respecting. Lietitananti. ~.._ : , : a (~. Attended with no• goo d effects. It k e Hottouralpe. shuckburgJi died by his hand. '.: :•. ... •, ~ Baronet then went into'a lengthene4dentikof, all ilits , been . eceasineellY - for. some wee.: i . . ~. .. . ~ o vili that had - been introduced into the political sys- etate of: mental , derangen‘ent i -and in co. t.., .; , ;,1. tern within the last 50 years, He cootended that i There are iwn . dingeftnii - species ~ ,1 ~ ,: • ' ~, the Bill of Rights, the Habeas Corpus 44, and Jamaica,• titelel)ow fad NACk k t4Y..' ,i6i'llv.t;' ~ r , ii Magna Charts, were no better:, Oian• cleat) letters, 1 feet rejength,.4loslatter five , feet. '., °fie of:tln , !el and that they were all Whinged, with "the consent of low species, entered tire i hedetiamber of:a G - entlr.=- Parliament. Above all things, lie recommended note, where it crawled iipOnehie bed, and reirliog , Parliamentary Reform. It waSfroni: thp floti4e of itself on the beet .clothes „Hi • very . tontewodly Commons alone amendment cotild come. Without asleep. On aw..tking :in-thl, Morning Ow Gen t k... their interference, the political bodi , :was like. :1 sly la ~i mad teeling something pre s s very f.ei. viiy ; :, ii hi ii, without ,11 rudder, with tine rigging, s:iiii, zinLi; a lified na- ; his ),,,:ad. 41 4 wat i t le(:. ;. •; ~;; --.; ,io t stately apptarauce, but blown ; about by ,-eery buveze 'of a- . moirstroes .ex t ,,:k., : which f i A) b :: •,, .7, 1 ) ,,,,:.., that assailed it, The Honourable Barenvq. %vat at I ft'llow ail 10iititHitierisio.tation they Ise;siie fie ,con great- length into the necessit'y of P4tlLiiiielitary he- 1 eqirttl,: he eurst' ii-lther i ,inove tigdit.iill'ai , iisi,inc,, loro„ and umitiiinity in the ,peoples to call, tor the : At leuglii .tite irlto 40t , N4ki - i, *ding that h ifi , ! , paiiiitiist6tion, of jttstice,upon the: carropiiyl{i ' that : not rise at the ueual - l+eit . r,. in e kte t iithreilets. t h e I„ r _ 9r4vailesl,,afut called on the people. to .3h)ert tug it ; lices, 30 saw WA ( . 7 , lol,Viii;,the Ill i 0,0 ttvt of tb ri ghte p , since the eat men, and 111.41 011,1‘...,1,:d 1:10,. ~... :bel b ippeivs,•ii to he ,:up, I) n_' rat -- :p h t, ( 1,••,•, t • 4 1 0001 1 494 ); c0.t : 10try 4 , j - nct not - 110‘v if) 4 ...Inhi,ivr of ! .pe.W p 43, 004 rt ievnil tile Kilt '..ifirrettj r e, '4l:r taliii I e - thete - ,goievanees, but to consult oft the best lu t uLic.: of ' at xiii.t,ititgiliy,killit% 1.11:t stvikti • Gil icitillOtiPsiks4r• Oulli:'-c1cF.....,..._ ..,... ..i..;:-..,.:: . i 1.3ta11i.- , ',Un We:lnesd:JyAiie 294h:inst. the l',,ir .sit Atoll . i ~.3,74,:ii : tctiii4,4404 : 14..4itions wm than ,put, :is: i . of “10141ta F0r..1,111t, 141, Qf Lin. Ito,iktir i , , 1 ,,,... on * 1 49 - 4. ol ll? . . 9 ittthaft wilicik! ivaipcd the r ms odium ol , Dorking.'is:Surrey, ()la Daughter. MAktca 35. There has been 'a report here for wok p.ists that there would be MAI darknosi- here this day,, and that Bath and Bristol would ,be destroyed: by the meetintof the hills; LansilOwn, Bee. on leriday . next, at twelve o'clock: This day the air Wai . scared violent thiander and - lightning } and' heavy rain. The peOple were just coning tram (I'4o, and•the , confusion . iu,theihiet, from those - m ho had been at the Wagon," was very greit. The eiy of " chair, chair !" incessant ; and many Ladies I salty from the window running - as fast 35 possible even in the middle of the street; 1 was then going to the Post-otliee, and the same hurry and botk :ea t :fired in the other part a the lawn. Sir.'ce writing the above, I seen a . Gentkman toqpeOalbility • who tells m 'Many-families liac'e' is pliti2o on , . account-of -a ;aim - . . Twelve sail of tine transi . irir!s, wrich have been converted into fire ships; having had their nitrks at nuMberti•erasNi, 'and been with 'cr.inibos tittles, sailed from the rime tat - w*:!elk . ` for Ports mouth: theiec. - with'a numbe of eel.. Co Nimioves rockets, which: are shipping" at Dover, it is conjeritir 7 ed, are intended-for an aftaok'on the Frepch fleet in Basque Roads ;:'"the thlstrutlion of which, froM its exposed sitnation, it is thought, May by these means be accomplished. • Letters (Atilt, 15th of February hive been receiv ed' from Hayti, by .whiph • it appeats;that negocia lion was Carrving on betWee.n the tw'p rival Chiefs, PrrION and' CHIIISTOPHE. There is tno tongerany.doubt respeeting the busi ness on ,wbio„ii th 4 Russian hlessenger, w veil in town on Taeiday tnurning, was dispatched. lie is empowered to make arrangernents with the Rus sianAdMiral SINIAVIN, tor thepay and clo:ttliing of the officers and .seamen belonging to the .11ussian fleet at Portsmouth ; and, he Is the bearer of the Emperor ALEXANDER'S concurrence in the Aciiiiiral's counter-signature to the Convention of Cint6. Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was lield - at Burlington House; at ‘k hich were present his Grace tire Duke of ptiall.AiNfi, th,t LORD CtIANELLOR, • Earls CAMDEN,,_ CIJATki.NM, and WEiTNQRLI,ND aLords CASTLEREAGII :111c1 Mt:U.:GRAVE, Mr. 'Seeretary CAN . NI.Np, mid the Cif ANci:LLon of. tbe-ExcttitOuEn'. l'eesday Sir DAvio Dutinss, held a ,puWie day at his Office in, the i eorse Guards, 'and gave audiences to about 'forty General °dicers, whoeatne to pay their respeCts to•tinn on his appointment to the 01 , fice of COmmander in Chief, and upon business ,~ r II